When Google Inc. co-founder Larry Page announced that he would take over as chief executive earlier this year, he promised that he would shake up the Internet search giant to speed up decision making. Instead, much of the shaking up has happened to t

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Hot technology companies are readying for IPO while some like LinkedIn are already in the stock market. But valuations are way in the north even for companies without any solid revenues; Twitter is valued at $8 billion with its new round of funding w

The mobile app market has come out of nowhere to become a multi-billion dollar industry over the past few years. Apple accounts for over 90% of that market, despite representing only a small and shrinking percentage of the smartphone market. If other

Japan’s nominal GDP fell 6 percent to 475 trillion yen last year, while its real GDP declined 5 percent. Meanwhile, nominal GDP in the United States decreased 1.3 percent to US$ 14.2 trillion and real GDP fell 2.4 percent. If you travel across

LONDON AP) — European stock markets rose Friday after a strong set of industrial production figures for January stoked hopes that the recovery from recession in the 16 countries that use the euro may be stronger than previously thought. The FT